However; Please read either the INSTALL file, the README file, or review the ./configure --help output (if more advanced) to determine your build options. I chose to include these --enable-mp3x and --enable-debug=norm. Notice many options are defaulted to yes.

When it returns to the command prompt you would type

make

and press enter.

LAME is now made in that directory, we'd like it installed into the system. This installation requires you to be root (super-user). If you are root (the prompt will be root@something# ) then type:

make install

and press enter. If you aren't root, type:

su -c "make install"

and press enter. Type the root password when asked (it will be invisible) and press enter.

When LAME is installed, we need to tell Audacity about it. The first time you go to export to an MP3 Audacity will ask you where libmp3lame.so is located. You can simply point it to the libmp3lame.so file, normally in the /usr/local/lib folder, and click OK and you should be all set.